§ 11-7-215 — Variance agreements

(a) Upon request from a general beekeeper, the department
may enter into a variance agreement with the general beekeeper
because of drought conditions, crop rotation, conservation
reserve program acres or other unforeseen circumstances adverse
to a yard location.
(b) Following a thorough investigation of each request
under subsection (a) of this section, the department shall
determine whether or not to enter into the requested variance
agreement. If granted, a variance agreement shall contain an
expiration date, after which the bees shall be returned to the
original registered location. Failure to return the bees to the
original registered apiary location shall cause that registered
apiary location to be forfeited.
(c) Signed copies of a variance agreement between a
beekeeper and the department shall be on file in the
department’s Cheyenne office and with the area apiary inspector
and the beekeeper.